[IxDA Discuss] US News thinks we have potential!

[Christian Beck]

Robert's point is well-taken: "They said a Usability Specialist does
design work. After that discussion last week, I'm surprised no one
jumped on this."

That was my initial reaction as well. In my graduate coursework in
HCI, we were taught usability techniques. However, I don't consider
myself a Usability Engineer. Nor do I consider Usability Engineers to
be Interaction Designers. The description of that job title is wrong
to confuse the two. I'm sure many people are doing portions of both
jobs with each title just as there are plenty of programmers that do
the interaction design at many companies. This doesn't mean it's
the way it should be. 

I suppose it's good that the article is bringing this field to
light, but the confusion over what Usability Engineers do shows how
young this field is.




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